super saver: new ky stallions for 2011
Super Saver (2007 dk b by Maria’s Mon x Supercharger, by AP Indy) WinStar $20,000 Last year’s Kentucky Derby winner was the second Kentucky Derby winner by the late sire Maria’s Mon, a champion...
View Articlesecretariat dreamin’
The anniversary of the birth of the great chestnut son of Bold Ruler and Somethingroyal prompted some imagining, some wondering about what might have been. If Secretariat’s high-class second-crop son...
View Articlepants on fire is an emblem for the state of breeding in kentucky
The following post was published earlier this week at Paulick Report. In addition to having perhaps the most entertaining name among this year’s Kentucky Derby candidates, Pants on Fire also moved onto...
View Articleleroidesanimaux and medaglia d’oro sire classic winners
The following post was published earlier this week at Paulick Report. It is one of the particular ironies of this year’s classics that the sires of both Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty (Medaglia...
View Articlepace in the kentucky derby
In another contentious post at Boojum’s Bonanza, the Boojum has suggested that the pace of the Kentucky Derby was atypical of the Churchill Downs classic, which is usually run at a ridiculously fast...
View Articlealternation flies high in peter pan
The following post appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. The Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont has traditionally been an important prep for the Belmont Stakes, and this year’s winner, the highly...
View Articlethe excellence of the triple crown
Some lament the infrequency of Triple Crown winners; others suggest the historic series should be changed so that it is easier to win. But I praise the difficulty of the Triple Crown. Winning the...
View Articleshackleford continues the classic legacy of unbridled
The following post was published earlier this week at Paulick Report. Shackleford’s victory in the Preakness Stakes affirmed that Storm Cat’s son Forestry could sire a classic horse, and once more...
View Articleregret gave star power to kentucky derby spectacle
In retrospect, the effect of Regret winning the 1915 Kentucky Derby was central to the event becoming a national classic. The filly’s victory put the race and its winner in the national spotlight for...
View Articlemotor city becomes first stakes winner for kentucky derby winner street sense
The following post appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. When a classic winner who was a champion 2-year-old retires to stud, the expectations are naturally high because few horses excel at the...
View Articlekentucky derby winner shows it’s ‘all in the family’
The following post first appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. Winning a classic puts the shine on any pedigree, but the luster from I’ll Have Another’s success in Saturday’s Grade 1 Kentucky...
View Articlebroodmare of the week: mining my own
Decades ago, the great bloodstock researcher Joe Estes proved that racing class in the dam was the first and most obvious indicator that a mare could be a good producer. Then she actually had to do it....
View Articleverrazano looks ready for the classics after victory in the wood memorial
The following post appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. Now unbeaten in four races, Verrazano made himself one of the chief favorites for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby with his victory in the...
View Articleorb shines brightly on historic kentucky derby traditions
The following post first appeared in Paulick Report last week. On Kentucky Derby day, no sun shined brightly. Instead, it was a dark and rainy day, but there was an Orb who shined nonetheless. That was...
View Articlesuddenbreakingnews supplies some insights into sexual development of colts...
Some of the most surprising, and intriguing, news of the May 29 weekend came during the press conference at which trainer Donnie Von Hemel announced that Suddenbreakingnews, previously listed as a...
View Articlewhere are the kentucky derby winners now (at stud)?
All the most recent winners of the Kentucky Derby who have retired – through 2020 winner Authentic (by Into Mischief) – are at stud in Kentucky. This includes 2018 winner Justify (Scat Daddy), who...
View Articlea kingdom for this horse: gun runner adds fifth g1 winner with preakness...
“Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of … Gun Runner” — William Shakespeare, King Richard III “Frank, are you misquoting Shakespeare again?” “Well, sort of. I prefer...
View Articleclassic stars of 1959 take a bow in 2023
The Grade 3 Sham Stakes on Jan. 8 told us several things, most prominently that Bob Baffert’s talented cadre of classic prospects includes some of the most expensive purchases in the crop and that...
View Articlesecretariat: fifty years ago
If you recall opening an issue of the weekly Thoroughbred Record dated March 24, 1973 and reading that 1972 champion Secretariat had made a successful debut to his 3-year-old season with a...
View Articlegood magic is adding to the myths of donegal; mage wins the kentucky derby
The victory of Mage (by Good Magic) in the 149th Kentucky Derby was the culmination of visions and hopes, of plans and dreams. And as befits the success of a colt going off at 15-1, the triumph had...
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